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Online Reporter
ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has challenged the newly promoted 86 senior officers to be disciplined, saying they should not “sit back and be conveyer belts of mediocrity”.
Comm-Gen Matanga said the promoted senior officers are duty-bound to improve the police’s organisational performance.
He said this on Wednesday at Mkushi Training Academy in Harare during the conferment of ranks ceremony held for 17 commissioners, 28 assistant commissioners and 41 superintendents.
Out of the 86 promoted officers, 31 percent are women.
“Your role, therefore, is to decipher and dissect the intent of the plan and ensure that all police efforts remain guided accordingly.
“Let me reiterate that discipline remains the bedrock of an effective police organisation,” he said.
“Therefore, ensure that it is not only maintained, but must, as of necessity, be enforced among all members and at all times.
“Let it not escape your minds that you have not been promoted to sit back and be conveyer belts of mediocrity.
“You are duty-bound to deal decisively with all acts that have an adverse impact on organisational performance.
“As such, you must exhibit a high level of discipline in order to become role models of your subordinates.”
He also reminded the promoted officers that they have an important role in creating a conducive environment for the realisation of Vision 2030.
“Undeniably, this vision can only be realised if we reduce the fear of crime in our society.”
He also said police are the vanguard of peace and stability.
“Therefore, all elements who engage in activities that border on criminality and, worse still, those acts that are either overtly or covertly calculated to throw this country into anarchy must be dealt with decisively.
“You must realise that we are the vanguards of that peace and stability, and your elevation should bring forth the required zest and motivation to ensure that we further entrench it among our citizens,” he said.
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